Oklahoma Softball: Sooners Dominate Sam Houston State 10-1

The Sooners returned to Oklahoma in style, run-ruling their first opponent at the Hall of Fame Classic.

Ryan Chapman | Mar 18, 2022

Oklahoma Softball: Sooners Dominate Sam Houston State 10-1 /

OKLAHOMA CITY — A pair of towering home runs from Alyssa Brito powered the No. 1-ranked Oklahoma Sooners to kick off the Hall of Fame Classic.

Sooner fans sold out the lower bowl of Hall of Fame Stadium to welcome their team back from Hawaii, and OU (21-0) rewarded their loyalty with a 10-1 run-rule victory over the Sam Houston State Bearkats on Friday afternoon.

The home crowd roared when Jocelyn Alo came to the plate for the first time in Oklahoma since breaking Lauren Chamberlain’s career home run record, but the fans had to wait to see home run No. 97.

Alo drew a walk to put a pair of runners on, but the OU threat ground to a halt after a misplayed fly ball by the Sam Houston State defense led to a double play.

Contained in the first inning, the Sooner offense busted the game open in the bottom of the second inning.

Catcher Lynnsie Elam opened the scoring with an RBI double, advancing Jayda Coleman to third base in the process.

Coleman didn’t have to hang out on third for long, as right fielder Rylie Boone cleared the bases with a two-RBI single in the next at-bat to push the OU lead to 3-0.

Brito hit the first of her two bombs to bring Boone home, stretching the lead to 5-0 in the second inning before the Bearkats logged an out.

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A Tiare Jennings tripled Taylon Snow home to end the six-run inning and give plenty of run support to pitcher Hope Trautwein.

Brito, the Oregon transfer, returned in the bottom of the third inning to launch another two-run shot to balloon the lead to 8-0 and officially put the game into run-rule territory.

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Kinzie Hansen added a sacrifice fly to bring the lead to 9-0 with her pinch-hit at-bat in the bottom of the fourth inning. Sophia Nugent added a sacrifice fly of her own to plate Jennings, rounding out the dominant 10-1 Oklahoma win.

Alo finished 1-for-2 with a walk and a double, and Boone also went 2-for-2 hitting in front of Brito’s hot bat.

Grace Lyons' 1-for-2 hitting performance against the Bearkats extended her team-leading hitting streak to 17 games.

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Trautwein was steady in the circle as well for the Sooners. The North Texas transfer pitched five scoreless innings, striking out 12 batters in her first appearance at Hall of Fame Stadium.

The performance was Trautwein's second straight double-digit strikeout game in the circle for Oklahoma.

The lone Sam Houston State run came off a brief Macy McAdoo cameo in the top of the fifth inning. McAdoo issued three free passes, including a bases-loaded walk, before Trautwein returned to close out the contest.

The Sooners have four more games this weekend, including a Friday night battle against the Indiana Hoosiers (13-5) to close Day 1 action at the Hall of Fame Classic.

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Published Mar 18, 2022

RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK.